290 Word-Formation [§§ 570-4
answer, andfenge, acceptable; andgietol, intelligent; and-
lang, continuous; andweard, present; andwraj?, hostile.
§ 570. bl- (OHG. bi), the stressed form of the preposition
and adverb bi, by} of which the unstressed form is be- (§ 647),
as bicwide, proverb; bifylce, neighbouring people ] blgeng,
practice} bigyrdel, girdle, purse] bfleofa, sustenance] bi-
spell, example; biwist, sustenance; biword, proverb.
§ 571. ed- (Goth, id-, OHG. ita-, it-), back, again, re-, as
edcierr, return] edgield, repayment] edgift, restitution]
edgrSwung, regrowing] edlean, reward] edroc, rumina-
tion] edwit (Goth, idweit), reproach, edgeong, growing
young again; edniwe, renewed.
§ 572. fore- (Goth, fatira, OHG. fora), the stressed
form of the preposition and adverb fore, before, fore-, as
forebeacen, foretoken; foreduru, vestibule; foregisl, pre-
liminary hostage] forespreca, advocate] forefanc, fore-
thought, forehalig, very holy; foremsere, illustrious.
§ 573. fram- (Goth. OHG. fram); the stressed form of
the preposition and adverb fram, from, as framcyme,
progeny] framlad, retreat] framsij?, departure, fram-
weard, turned from.
§ 574. ge- (Goth, ga-, OHG. ga-, gi-), originally a pre-
position meaning together, which already in prim. Ger-
manic was no longer used as an independent word. It was
especially used in forming collective nouns, but at a later
period it often had only an intensitive meaning or no special
meaning at all, as gebedda, consort; gebrofor, brethren;
gefera, companion] gefylce, army] gegaderung, gather-
ing] gehada, brother minister] gemsecca, mate] gemot,
meeting] gesceaft, creation] gesif», comrade] gewider,
bad weather, gebyrd, birth, descent] geweorc, work]
gewita, witness] gewuna, custom. ge-a&]?ele, congenial]
gecynde, innate, natural] gedefe, befitting] gelic, similar]
gemyndig, mindful] gemsene, common] gesund, healthy,
sound.